The Siren and The Demon

2

"The whole point of your mission was to convince the brawlers to join us. " Kazarina scolded the teenagers kneeling in front of her. "What part of that was confusing to you ?!"
The agents all found the floor quite interesting, appearently. Her teammates each scolded the kids, except for Gill. Interesting Kozarina thought. Gill would never miss a chance on belittling someone. Perhaps, degrading teenagers was not as enjoyable as degrading  her. He gave the emperor a suggestion for their next strike instead.
The meeting was dismissed.She watched the agents leaving the room one by one, on their toes. Emperor gave them the order to prepare for attack. Gill turned to her with a smug expression on his face.
"We have to prepare for the attack, not a night out. So don't waste too much time On your make-up."
"And you make sure to go potty before the attack."
The stifled laughter on her other teammates' face were reassuring her that she had come up with a good come back. She sent Gill her fakest smile.

The agentd have been waiting in the main sallon of the palace for some time now. The ships needed to be prepared by their owners, and it took almost an hour. They were mostly silent, yet they stood together. The failure was theirs, just as how the victory would have been theirs as well.
"Do you guys think Sid is okay?" Zenet asked, finally breaking the silence.
"Sid's dead, Zenet. "Mason replied, his expression cold as stone. "They killed him for losing the element."
"Have you seen the body?"
"Do I need to? The emperor explicitly said that he doesn't want any weaklings around. So You get destroyed when you fuck up. Easy as that."
"The stakes are high for us now." Lena said, crossing her arms. "My guess is that they will try us out individually and decide who gets to stick around." She looked around, "Our lives would've been lot easier if it wasn't for the brawlers."
"Those fucking idiots have no idea what we are going through here." Mason said. "Both us individually and the entirety of Gundalia generally."
"If they had seen the Gundalia's condition they would have chosen to help us instead of Neithians," Ren spoke as if he was in a dream. "I am sure of that."
"Then perhaps you should have tried to explain our motivation to them. We didn't start a war just to satisfy our craving for violance." Jesse said.
"Maybe you should've done that Jesse, since you are so good with words"
"If I was the appointed leader of this mission, I would."
Zenet's cell phone rang, interrupting the bickering. Once she saw the name on it, she hid the screen by putting it on her leg. "I'll be right back." She said as she walked away. Once she was sure she was far enough, she picked up the phone. Her head tilted and her expression hardend on her face. "No, I am not." They heard her say. "I can't talk to you right now." She turned to her teammates and once she realized that they were observing her, she covered her mouth with her hand.
"What the fuck?" Mason grumbled. "
"My money is on the chance of her having a suitor that won't stop chasing her," Jesse replied.
"Isn't she a little too young for that?"
"She is only 2 years younger than us."
"2 years  is lot when you are a teen."
"Well, I had a boyfriend when I was 15."  Lena said." Plus, if we are going to get murdered for losing a match we might as well lose our virginity beforehand."
The others laughed at the irony.

"Well well." "Kazarina said when she saw the knight running towards the enemy's Side. "Who let Elright out of his cage?" "Somebody is getting fired." Gill replied. Kazarina crossed her arms as she turned to him. "I thought Airzel was keeping him captive." She sent a cheeky smile. "Perhaps your loyal aide is not as great as you think."
"Do not take his name on your mouth Kazarina." Gill replied harshly. "At least At least I have a friend who is not a lab rat."
The blonde's smug expression slowly faded off her face as she turned in front of her. "Neither you nor the other men would have your vicious toys to play with, if it wasn't for my research center," she said. "It is thanks to us, me, that we are so strong."
Gill smirked as he walked towards her. Closing the few steps gap between them, he leaned on her. The scent of his woody perfume filled her lungs as he whispered: "Then perhaps I'll have to find new toys to play with, my dear."